Fluid-transmission apparatus.



E. JAMES. FLUID TRANSMISSION APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED PBBVG, 1908.

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ATTORNEY Patented July 27, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD JAMES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE JAMES MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.. Y

FLUID-TRANSMISSION APPARATUS.

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Patented July 27, 1909.

To all whom 'it ma concern-.-

Be it. known tat I, EDWARD Janna, a`

otherwise. It may to sonne extent be used for gases as Well "as for liquids. y ,The objects of my invention are to pro- Vide a 'cheap and ready means'fo'r connecting hose to lioldasts, roses, and the like, and to provide a valve ci novel construction which is included Within the holdfasts, rose, or the like and can be easily controlled by the hand to control the new of iiuid.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure). is a 'central section of a holdfast and a rose embodying iny invention, the rose being partly in side elevation and the valve o en' Fig. 2, a section on the line 2-2-, l; Fig. 3, a section on -theh line 3 3, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a section like Fig. 1 but with the valve closed; Fig'. 5, a View like Fig. 4 but with the holdfa'st omitted; Fig. (i, a section of the holdfast showing the method of inserting the hose; and Fig. 7 a perspective of the valve.

On the drawings, 1 casing having the inturned flange 2 at one end and the tapering tubular extensionfi at the other end. Freierably this 'extensin is circular in cross-section and has its lower end internally of such a size as to receive therein a hose of the desired diameter. The end of the hose 4 has therein a referably curved or bent cross-pin 5 Whic extends entirely through the hose and Arojects outwardly some distance beyond e hose. In Fig. 6 I have shown how the hose with the dross-pin therein may be inserted throu h the small end of the casing.' One end of le pin and the`end oi the hose are first inserted in the extension 3, the pin bein inclined to the length of the hose. When t e hose with the pin has been pushed farther into the extension, the elasticity of the hose will cause the pin to lie squarely across the hose as shown in Figs. l and 4. In case the rose 6 is used Without a holdfast (see Fig.y 5)

represents a metaly the hose with the pin will be inserted into the roseprecisely as described for the holdfast. The pin has its ends in contact with the Wall `of the extension 3 or the tapering extension 7 of the rose. In this position the pin'will prevent the pressure applied longitudinally of the hose against the 'end thereof from ejecting the hose. lVith this endwise pressure neutralized and a portion of the outside of the hose in contact With the casing, not only will there be no danger of vejecting the hose but there Will be a diferent-ial of pressure within the hose tending to press it tighter against the casing as the pressure increases- Atl-all pressures this diilerential will prevent the escape of fluid around the eiterior of the hose.

`Withih the casing l is the elastic, preferably Arubber, disk 8 seated against vthe flange 2 which prevents the disk rorn being ejected by the Huid pressure below the same. The disk has a central opening to receive the hub 9 of the rose (i or the end of some other ccnnection for the transmission of fluid.

`Witliin the extension 3 and between the disk Y8 and the end cf the hose 4, I place what I term the concavalvc i0. This valve is polygonal in cross-section andl tapering as desiree from the top downward and is composed of thin iight material in the form of a cup, the lower or smaller end being closed.

When the. valve is free to move, the iluid pressure Within the casing will obviously seat .the valve a ainst the disk 8, andthe opening in the isk being included Within the area covered by the larger or upper end of the valve, no fluid canescape through the said opening. When the hub'9 of a rose is inserted through the disk and into the hollow oi the valve, and suiiicient pressure is applied to the rose, the valve will be unseated, as shown in Fig. i, and luid will ilow from the hose 4 up in the s aces ll between the outer faces of the va ve and the Wall of the extensionl 3 and thence down through the triangular spaces l2 in the inner f angles' of the valve between the hub 9 and the said angles.

The rate of fluid flow can be adjusted during use by varyin the distance of the cone-valve from the disk. This adjustment can be made bythe `hand that holds the rose While inuse, thus doing away with the annoyance of having to look for and use Valves more or less distant from the user of the rose. In many cases the use of valves is entirely vdispensed with. It is not absolutely essential that the valve and the extensions 3 and 7 have the cross-sections shown, as the cross-sections can be varied as ,deslred provided passagesare provided to permit' the fluid to pass u externally of the valve and down interna y of the same. I desirel the disk and the said tubular connection, saidvalve adapted-to be seated around said perforation and' to be moved from its seat bysaidvfluijd transmission device there being a space between the end of said device and the valve to permit the Huid to pass throu h the said space and thence into the sai inlet opening.

2. The combination of a casin having an opening, means for leading lui thereto, a cup-shaped valve having its edge adapted to be seated around the said o ening in the casing, andan open-ended uid transmission device movable in said opening to unseat the valve and permit the fluid to move palst the end of the device and into the said in et.

3. The combination4 of a casin with an opening, a hollow cup-shaped va ve within the casing and adapted to be seated around the opening, a fluid transmission device movable 1n the opening and engageable with the interior of the valve to unseat the same, andhaving-the end Within the ca o en to form an inlet the valve and the said evice being so shaped relatively that fluid can pass bey tween them and through the said inlet, .when

the said` device has moved the valve from its seat. l

4. The combination of .a casin withl an opening, a hollow cup-sha ed va ve Within the casing and adapted to e seated around the opening, a fluid transmission device movable 1n the opening and engageable with thev interior of the valveto unseat the same, the said. valve having apol *gonal cross-section andthe end of the sai device in engagement with the valve having a diiferent crosssection so that Huid can pass throu h the.

opening, a hose Within the said opening, and1 a cross-pin extending through sald hose and having portions thereof *engagingv the interior surface 'of the casing, said cross-piny being Wholly supported by the hose.

Signed at Cleveland, O., this 7th day of December, 1907.

EDWARD JAMES. Witnesses:

EDWARD P. RUDOLPH, ROBERT W. McGiFFIE. 

